Its biggest hit single, "One of Us", was used as the theme to the 2003–2005 television series Joan of Arcadia, although the show used a re-recorded version.

"Man in the Long Black Coat" is a cover of the Bob Dylan song from his 1989 album Oh Mercy.

The music for "Right Hand Man" is said to have been inspired by Captain Beefheart's 1982 song "Clear Spot," although the two are in different time signatures and have completely different lyrics and subject matter.

The New York Times wrote: "Osborne clearly loves blues and soul, and on Relish she finds a way to use their vocabulary for the here and now.

Superficially she's like [Bonnie] Raitt, applying past masters' lessons to current material, but Osborne is never far from urban grit.